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@uitrit tutes geteilt @Hirn JESSE H. HABLAN AND THOMAS POMEROY, OFDENVER CITY, COLORADO, ASSIGNORS TO THEMSELVES AND WILLIAM H. HARLAN.

Letters Patent No. 72,197, dated .December 17, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR CUTTING OUT GLOVES.

TO ALL WI-IOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that we, Jsssn H. HABLAN and THOMAS POMEuoY, of Denver City,Arapahoe county, Territory of Colorado, have in vcnted-a new and usefulImproved Glove-Cutter, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description', reference being hadto the annexed drawing, making apart of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a bottom viewof our invention.

Figure 2 represents a top view of same.,

Similar letters indicate like parte.

The object of our invention is to produce a glove-cutter, by which thewhole glove maybe eut at once from one pieceof material, and which maybe readily adjusted so as to'eut gloves of different size.

It consistsoi` a platen, A, figs. 1 and 2, to the under side of which,as seen in iig. l, are fixed two parallel knives, a and b, and a thirdknife, c, at right angles to them, and attached to them Vat itsextremities, the knives a and b being the length of the largest-sizedglove, and the knife c twice the width of such glove.V Between theknives a and b, and parallel with them, are arranged six knives, 1, 2,3, 4, 5, 6, their length being equal to that of the respective fingersof the largest-sized glove, the little nger being represented by 1 and6; the distance between a andl, 1 and 2, 2 and V3, 4 and 5, 5 and 6,Gand b, being equal to the width of a finger of the largestsized glove,while the distance between 3 and luis twice that width. Between theseknives, at their extremities, are fixed circular knives cZ il cF cl3 d*d5 d d7, ata. distance from the base of the knives I, 2, 3, 4, 5,6,correv spending to the length oi' the fingers of the largest-sizedglove. Anf oval knife, e, is placed in the position` where the thumb ofthe glove would fall. The knives a, l1, and c are heldin position bybolts, which, passing through the platen, are fastened `by the nuts y gg2 g3 [figs g5, while the knives 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, are attached to boltswhich are`fastcned in the same manner by the nuts z. t h2 h3 L 7i it? ts7L Lo 1.. The oval knife c like` wise has a bolt secured by a nut, m,all of which are shown in iig. 2. The circular knives move upon screws,Ao e1 o2 o3 o4 o5 o6 o7, Egs. 1 and 2, passing through a projection inthe under sideof the platen.

The platen being attached to a follower worked by screw, lever, ora'ny'other desired power, the bolts being fastened, and the leather fromwhich the glove igs to bc cut placed beneath the platen, it is broughtdown upon it forcibly, and being raised, thc leather will be cut in sucha manner that when turned upon itself it will form a perfect glove, withthe exception of the thumb and forjet. The various bolts of thestraightknives slide in straight-slotspp122123104195296, while that ofthe oval knife slides in an eccentric sl`ot, 1 figs. 1 and 2,`and thecircular knives slide in slots-of the straight knives between which theyare placed. The knife c is made in two parts, with a doubleV slot, s,and its ends slide iii the slots t t of the knives a and b. f

New if it be desired Vto make a glove of a different size, thc nutsbeing loosened, the knives maybe readily adjusted as desired, and' then,the nuts being tightened, the glove may be cut as before'. The thumb andforjets nre cut in the ordinary shape by means ofY instrumentsconstructed inparts with slots, on the principle already described, andmay be lixed to the platen so that the complete glove may be cut atonce. We claim this construction as our invention. i

The advantages of this` invention are obvious, since one machine maybemade to do the work of several, by reason of being adjustable to glovesof dierent sizes. v

We do not claim to be the irst inventors of a machine cutting the wholeglove at once; but

What we do claim as our invention, and desire to secure by LetteraPatent, is-` g The adjustable knives of a glove-cutter, when constructedand arranged substantially as shown and specified.

JEssE H. HARLAN,

THOMAS POMEROY. Witn esses ALEXANDER DAVIDSON, ALEX. W. Arxius.

